10 Highest Rated Books on your TBR

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15 participants (100 books)

01 Sep 2025—31 Dec 2026

Overview

Read the 10 highest rated books on your TBR before the end of 2026. You can focus only on the physical TBR or choose from all the books on your TBR. I hope these books prove to be as good as their rating!

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Challenge Books

All books added
Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang

Blood Over Bright Haven

M.L. Wang

427 pages • paperback • 2023 user-added

fiction fantasy dark emotional tense medium-paced
The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Complete Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes #1-9

Arthur Conan Doyle

1200 pages • hardcover • 1924

fiction classics crime mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer

8 hours, 6 minutes • audio • 2008

fiction historical romance emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot

395 pages • paperback • 2010

nonfiction biography history science emotional informative medium-paced
I Am Rome: A Novel of Julius Caesar by Santiago Posteguillo, Santiago Posteguillo

I Am Rome: A Novel of Julius Caesar

Julio César #1

Santiago Posteguillo, Santiago Posteguillo

624 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction historical adventurous informative tense medium-paced
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings #1-3

J.R.R. Tolkien

1137 pages • paperback • 1957

fiction classics fantasy adventurous emotional hopeful slow-paced
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Fourth Wing

The Empyrean #1

Rebecca Yarros

517 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction fantasy romance adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

476 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction history politics psychology race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

Nikole Hannah-Jones

623 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction essays history poetry politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Know My Name

Chanel Miller

368 pages • digital • 2019

nonfiction feminism memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced